Defense

By Jen DiMascio
President Joe Biden is reversing ex-President Donald Trump’s decision to move U.S. Space Command headquarters to Alabama and will keep it in Colorado Springs.
Space

By Irene Klotz
Euclid was launched aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on July 1 and reached its operational orbit at the second Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) four weeks later.
Space

By Steve Trimble
Nearly all schedule details about the B-21 Raider are classified, but the U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have now provided four completed milestones.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Garrett Reim
Impulse Space plans two follow-on missions in 2024 after its inaugural LEO Express 1 mission before year’s end.
Commercial Space

Aviation Week Staff
Algeria has received its first Beriev Be-200ES–the world’s only amphibian jet aircraft–confirming a local TV report at the end of July.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Ben Goldstein
The award is similar to one received by Joby Aviation in April to deliver and operate up to nine of its S4 eVTOL aircraft for the U.S. Air Force.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Mark Carreau
Voyager 2, one of NASA’s most distant and longest-lived spacecraft, has lost its ability to transmit data through the agency’s Deep Space Network (DSN).
Space

By Chen Chuanren
The U.S and Australian governments have agreed to advance cooperation on Australia's Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) Enterprise.
Supply Chain

By Chen Chuanren
Known locally as the MRH-90 Taipan, the Australian Army helicopter crashed on the night of July 28 with four crew onboard.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
The 14-aircraft fleet, all based at the JGSDF Camp in Kisarazu, stood down on July 22.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
Argentina has become the 28th signatory to the U.S.-led Artemis Accords
Space

By Tony Osborne
Azerbaijan has joined Turkey as a development partner for the Kaan indigenous combat aircraft.
Aircraft & Propulsion

The latest awards advance DARPA's Liberty Lifter program into Phase 1b, with a preliminary design review scheduled by the end of fiscal 2024.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Michael Bruno
“I’m thrilled to welcome more than 5,000 employees to the L3Harris team today,” L3Harris Chair and CEO Chris Kubasik said.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Chen Chuanren
Japan is doubling down on stand-off weapons and counter-strike capabilities as it describes the security landscape it faces as its “greatest trial since WWII.”
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Tony Osborne
The upgrade plan appears set to touch the entire nervous system of the Rooivalk, from the avionics suite to weapons integration and targeting.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Irene Klotz
Seven missions have been set aside for the third-place winner.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Graham Warwick
Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.
Aviation Week & Space Technology

By Brian Everstine
The Senate Appropriations Committee on July 27 approved its $831.8 million defense spending bill for 2024.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Irene Klotz
Axiom, SpaceX, Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic have all flown privately paying passengers into orbital and suborbital space from the U.S.
Commercial Space

By Brian Everstine
The pilot was able to eject before the crash on Oct. 19, 2022, and the F-35A was destroyed with an estimated loss of $166 million.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Matthew Fulco
Northrop Grumman’s sales rose 9% year-on-year to $9.6 billion in the second quarter while earnings-per-share (EPS) fell to $5.34 from $6.06 a year ago.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Mark Carreau
The foursome has trained for a more than six-month mission with a science and technology agenda that includes nearly 160 projects.
Space

By Matthew Fulco
L3Harris reported revenue of $4.69 billion in the second quarter, up 13.5% annually, while its earnings per share (EPS) of $2.97 beat analysts’ estimates.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Kim Minseok, Chen Chuanren
North Korea has unveiled two “new” uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) at its Weaponry Exhibition-2023.
Aircraft & Propulsion